# 1888 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Saturday 1 November 1888. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Eight of the sixteen seats were contested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | ?? | +1 | 16 | ?? |
| Liberal | ?? | -1 | 0 | ?? |
| Irish Home Rule | 4 | -2 | 0 | 4 |
| Irish Nationalists | 2 | +2 | 0 | 2 |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1888 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 10 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 63% | 52% | 5,098 |
| Liberal | 4 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 25% | 48% | 4,779 |
| Irish Nationalist | 2 | | | | 12.5% | | |

## Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

### Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Dr. Nicholas Kenrick Marsh * | 854 | 56% |
| | Liberal | Henry Cartwright Gillmore | 658 | 44% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 196 | 12% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,226 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,512 | 68% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | William Bartlett | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Everton

No. 1 Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Houlding * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Exchange

No. 5 Exchange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ralph Watts Leyland | 754 | 51% |
| | Liberal | Edwin Morris | 737 | 49% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 37 | 2% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,061 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,491 | 72% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Great George

No. 9 Great George :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | James Ruddin * | 389 | 52% |
| | Conservative | Samuel King | 352 | 48% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 37 | 4% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,086 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 741 | 68% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Sir James Allanson Picton * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

### North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Thomas Hughes * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Jeremiah Miles * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Hugh McCubbin | 625 | 50.4% | |
| | Liberal | Philip Henry Rathbone * | 615 | 49.6% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10 | 0.8% | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,288 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,240 | 54% | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Samuel McMillin | 940 | 58% | |
| | Conservative | Joseph Woodcock * | 676 | 42% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 264 | 16% | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,153 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,616 | 75% | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | John Davies * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Arthur Hill Holme * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Scotland

No. 2 Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Irish Nationalist | Alexander Murray Bligh * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Irish Nationalist gain from Home Rule | Irish Nationalist gain from Home Rule | Swing |

### South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Radcliffe * | 1,837 | 56% |
| | Liberal | John Thomas | 1,440 | 44% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 397 | 12% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,323 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,277 | 62% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Nationalist | Dr. Andrew Commins MP * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Irish Nationalist gain from Home Rule | Irish Nationalist gain from Home Rule | Swing | | |

### West Derby

No. 14 West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Edward Hatton Cookson * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

## By-elections
### No. 9 Great George, 14 May 1889

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Thomas Bird Hall (Conservative, Great George, elected 1 November 1886) reported to the Council on 1 May 1889 .
No. 9 Great George :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | William Whiteley * | 392 | 56% |
| | Conservative | Samuel King | 308 | 44% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 84 | 12% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,086 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 700 | 64% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### No. 12, Lime Street, 8 August 1889

Caused by the death of Councillor Sir James Allanson Picton (Liberal, Lime Street, elected 1 November 1888)
on 15 July 1889 .
No. 12 Lime Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | James Henderson | 472 | 61% |
| | | John Bond | 299 | 39% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 173 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 771 | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | |

### No. 2, Scotland

Caused by the death of Councillor Patrick Edmund O'Hare (Irish Home Rule, Scotland, elected 29 December 1887) on 3 October 1889 .
Councillor O'Hare's term of office was due to expire on 1 November 1889.
No. 2 Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | gain from | gain from | Swing |